Lelouch looked out of the side door in horror. A mass ocean of horrible shrieking fans had surrounded the building he wasn't even occupying, but damn, how the hell was he supposed to get in there? He let out an agitated groan.

Damn, damn, damn! He thought. He DID not have the stamina to struggle his way there and he was in no mood to call his special guards to escort him. Right now more than anything, he wanted to behead who ever had leaked his location out to these hormonal crazed fans. They reminded him of hungry sharks swarming in search of prey, today that would be him.

This is why he preferred the Ashford girls, because they were easy to avoid and so, so, so much more predictable. Sure his life had been in danger before as well, but they had never stormed his home or stalked him. Now, he was afraid to make any noise that could alert them to his true location.

Then like a gift from above, the crowd seemed to settle down. Lelouch could not keep his eyes form widening as a tall, well muscled man with snow white hair tied back in a pony tail, escorted his manager Lloyd and the green haired girl he rode the elevator with. They just stolled by like nothing was there! Lelouch took this moment to go incognito and make his way into the surrounded building. Once inside the boy let out a sigh of relief.

He walked out of the back room he had entered, and saw across the room a whole new mass people, only this time, each and everyone was busy setting up a stage, a scene, or doing something else. He could only stare. Then, as abrupt as the crowed outside, the mass in the building came to halt. Lelouch followed their new attention to the front of the building, were Lloyd, the girl, and that man had entered.

"Hurrah! Hurrah people let's get this set up," Lloyd said, wailing his arms about, "someone get CC into costume! Where is that incompetent prince!"

Lelouch felt an eyebrow twitch. Emerging from the shadows, Lelouch walked forth with pride. Incompetent? Him! He would show this man-

"Mister Lloyd," a deep voice sounded out. Lelouch realized it was the white haired man, "give the boy some time, he's not used to this…this kind of demand."

"Oh really now Logan, are you going to defend him! I gave him ten minutes to get here and do you see hair or hide of him? No!"

"Well you saw that crowd! If I were him, I would have run and hid for my life!"

"And that's why you've gotten no were in life boy" Lloyd drawled.

"Lloyd! You've kept me waiting." Lelouch decided this movement to interrupt their squabble. He noticed the white haired man moved as if to block the girl from his view. His brain immediately came to the conclusion that A) he and the girl were something, B) the girl was a psycho or C) more probably, the guy was about to punch his face in. Well, he decided the last one had to be wrong upon closer examination of this "Logan".

The man was just about a head taller than lulu, and was not much of a man at all, most likely only a year or two older than him. However, it was Logan's reaction that made Lelouch realize his brain had failed him.

"L-Lloyd! Its… it's the prince!" Logan shouted, his eyes becoming big saucers as he moved to embrace Lelouch in a rib breaking hug, "thank you! Thank you for giving my little sister a chance!"

Sister? They were relat-and why should he be bothered by that now when this man was crushing him!

"Logan-sama, at the rate your going, I won't have to kill him." He heard a cool voice say behind him. Logan released him, and Lelouch let out a very manly sigh, as the huge white haired teen turned to the green haired girl.

"CC you should be grateful! The prince took-"

"Yeah so the poor princess took time out of his precious schedule to come do his side- job, how noble," she sneered. Well unfortunately he was right about her being crazy.

"CC" Lloyd and Logan said warningly. She turned to them angrily.

While her face was emotionless, the room temperature must have dropped by ten degrees as she said, "I promised to put up with him, but don't think for a second I will go around pretending I like him!" and with that, the girl called CC stormed toward the changing room.

Logan watched her, sadly shaking his head.

"Forgive her, dear prince; she has let her pride get the best of her." Logan said and ran after the girl.

"Well that went better than expected." Lloyd drawled.

"How so?" Lelouch asked, still in some shock, for never before had the boy been exposed to such hostility when it seemed unnecessary.

"Well, boy, let's be glad you're alive."

CC hated him. So pretentious, Lloyd had insulted Logan because of him. And she would never get her cheese-kun. That bastard! He arrived late, he was so prideful! He ruined everything! All those people out there loved him, and all he had done to deserve their love and approval was be born!

She felt rage consume her again. Tears threatening to escape. They were a bad thing!

"CC?" a soft voice spoke from behind the doors of her changing room. Logan walked in slowly, sadness in his eyes.

Wonderful, she thought, I've disappointed him. She shrugged and tried to get her thoughts together.

Lelouch sat on a bench watching the crew fix the stage, add details to scenes, and watched how organized they were. All Lloyd had to do was the give the word and all these people would work like ants. He let out a sigh.

Not even five minutes into his day and his co-worker declared her hate for him. He had been forced to walk down the stairs; he had been stalked by fans, and almost broken in half by someone only a year or two older than him. He ran a hand through his hair.

Someone sat next to him on the bench; maybe it was break time for the workers. Great, he was taking up space. He turned to the person, maybe some small talk was all he – he almost let out a shriek (a manly one) as the green hair flowed freely from the girl sitting next to him, of course at a respectable distance. He studied her.

Her eyes were hard, as if she was concentrating on something ahead only she could see. In her hands a soda. Suddenly she thrust it in his face. This time he let out the shriek.

"Relax boya, I can't kill you or I go to jail. You're not worth that," she said, still not looking at him, "well, hurry and take it."

Lelouch looked at the drink in her hand.

"what do you want?" he asked.

"Take the drink."

"I asked a question."

"And I made it a point to ignore it."

"In your outburst you declared your dislike of me." he stated.

"What of it?"

"What do you want?" he asked again, this time taking the drink from her.

"What I want is insignificant to what a prince wishes." She said stoically.

Lelouch felt his eyebrows twitch again. What an irritating girl. Her looks and behavior were two different things. "Just tell me what you want!"

He turned to face her and she did the same.

"What I want," she said in a calm voice, her eyes giving nothing away, "is for this project to be a success."

"So you feel the need to threaten me to ensure your job is done correctly? How noble."

"Listen Vi Britannia, I don't like you."

"And may I ask what I have done to land such a bad image in such a lady's eyes?" he mocked. She was pissing him off.

"It's simple. You were born." She said.

Lelouch let out a laugh. He had heard that before. His entire sibling wishing him death as he arrived to the acceptance ceremony, and now this girl hated him for the same reason.

"And what did my birth do to affect your life so?" he asked.

"Well I just don't like you. Mommy and daddy say you're not a bad person, and even Logan dotes on what a great person you are." Lelouch raised an eyebrow as she continued, "But I just want to see them happy. So let's make a contract."

"Hm? What kind?"

"Let's get this over with. This is your fist time working with these people, but practically grown up with them," Lelouch followed her gaze to the mass of people organizing and moving about, "and this is my first time ever being taken seriously by them."

"So what's this contract you're offering?"

"I don't want to let down Lloyd and Logan. Plus I have other people I can't disappoint. In the short time you've been part of this business running your own agenda, and well, being who you are, you must have learned one or two things about fans and other people…"

"So you want my help winning over the crowd?"

"And in return I will help you survive in this company." She said.

Lelouch thought about her offer. How hard could it be to work with these people? But no, he had to look ahead. He needed to think. He had already met Lloyd, who was indifferent to any human emotion. And Logan, whose actions were…well he was someone who stumped Lelouch. What other kind of people did this company hold? How would he profit? Well, if anything, it would be interesting wouldn't it?

For an answer, he opened the soda and took a sip. The girl stood up with a satisfied smile, and walked away.

hello! Logan is an OC, so i was a little Afraid to use him for this story, but i figured if i used him, things would go smoother with CC and lelouch. he has a purpose and wont be over used (hes just a side character) any way, i hope you liked this chapter. i feel like the contract was a little rushed on CCs part but there is a reason for that too! any way, please review! thanks!\

-Suzuki Uchiha